US full of Internet addicts: study

Breitbart.com ^ | 10/17/06

[verum ago]

The United States could be rife with Internet addicts as clinically ill as alcoholics, an unprecedented study released suggested.

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in Silicon Valley said their telephone survey indicated more than one of every eight US residents showed at least one sign of "problematic Internet use."

The findings backed those of previous, less rigorous studies, according to Stanford.

Most disturbing was the discovery that some people hid their Internet surfing, or went online to cure foul moods in ways that mirrored alcoholics using booze, according to the study's lead author, Elias Aboujaoude.

"In a sense, they're using the Internet to self-medicate," Aboujaoude said. "And obviously something is wrong when people go out of their way to hide their Internet activity."

According to preliminary research, the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

My name is Txsleuth and I am a Free Republic addict.

Welcome, Txsleuth! :)

[uptoolate]

ue = eu.
Sorry

Hello. My name is uptoolate. I'm a bad spellerer.

[Dan Nunn]

I spend way more than that on it. Of course, I travel for work, so when I'm not working, this is what I'm usually doing.

[ClarenceThomasfan]

I know someone who is an internet addict: Drudge. Of course it's part of his job too. I wonder how much time he spends on the net everyday.

[stephenjohnbanker]

: )

[neodad]

the typical Internet addict was a single, college-educated, white male in his 30s, who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use.

Does that 30 hours include Solitaire time too, or is that counted separately?

[Txsleuth]

Hello....I see I am not alone...LOL

[MonicaG]

The MSM propaganda wasn't very addicting, though. Now, whenever I scan a newspaper, just about all the "news" was already reported online days ago.

[uptoolate]

Exactly. And just because I bring a laptop in bed with my wife doesn't mean I'm addicted either.

[streetpreacher]

You're in denial.

[AFreeBird]

uh oh, I think a considerable number of FReepers are now considered addicts.

Get your facts straight!

The correct term is: FReepaholic. :-)

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Live in Buffalo and the power just came back on?

[streetpreacher]

These guys are porn addicts. Pure and simple.

[jellybean]

who spends approximately 30 hours a week on non-essential computer use.

Pikers!

[rlmorel]

Hi. My name is rlmorel. I am an FR addict.

[kinoxi]

You're in denial.

No I'm not!

[SpaceBar]

A study supporting the thesis that there are too many studies. They've run out of things to research, so now a Stanford "intellectual" conjectures that we spend too much time researching. Must not be much night life in Palo Alto. There's a liberal law in here somewhere.

[CAWats]

Even the eleven o'clock news seems like ancient history.

[rellimpank]

--I think we lost track of the true meaning of the term "addicted" back when "sex addiction" started to surface--especially when "confessed" to at a press conference---

[TomGuy]

I turned it back on....yesterday morning.

And yes, I definitely needed that download that caused it to stay on all of last night. lol.